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Taiwan, China urged to launch direct mail

Posted by | Sep 5, 2008 | |

Taiwanese and Chinese mail operators on Wednesday called on their governments to allow direct mail delivery across the Taiwan Strait soon.
“It takes five days to send an ordinary piece of mail from Taipei to Beijing because the mail has to go through Japan or Kong Kong,” said Huang Shu-chien, chairman of the Taiwan Postal Association and vice president of Taiwan’s state-run Chunghwa Post Co.

Huang, along with other senior postal officials and company executives from the two sides, made the appeal at a seminar during his visit to Beijing.

Taiwan and China, which split during a Chinese civil war in 1949, began allowing mail to be delivered between the two sides through a third place in 1979.

Huang noted that there are no technical problems with bypassing a third location to directly deliver mail between Taiwan and China, but he said it requires negotiations to solve the issue of direct transportation.

“The opening of direct mail delivery would halve the time and money,” Huang said.

Wang Yuci, deputy head of the State Postal Bureau of the People’s Republic of China, also urged both sides to grasp the historic opportunity to enhance and expand cooperation in the area of postal services and to soon make possible direct cross-strait mail delivery.

Taiwan-China relations have been improving since Taiwan’s new President Ma Ying-jeou, who favors closer ties with China, took office in May.

Taiwan opened itself to more Chinese tourists and the two sides launched direct weekend cross-strait charter flights in July.

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DHL pulls plug on March Air Reserve Base-Hong Kong flight

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

A DHL flight linking Riverside and Hong Kong cargo will take off and land at Los Angeles International Airport instead starting Oct. 26.

The shift will leave DHL with an average of four daily flights at March Air Reserve Base. DHL landed at the airport in 2005 and had eight daily flights at its height.

A pending agreement with shipping competitor UPS could eventually leave DHL without any flights at its 262,000-square- foot Riverside hub.

The route was considered an international flight, DHL’s only foreign-bound flight from March, because it concluded in Hong Kong after connecting in Alaska.

That leaves DHL with a handful of late-night domestic flights that face an uncertain future at the company’s Inland hub.

Riverside County Supervisor Bob Buster said the developer’s master plan and DHL’s cutbacks could give commission members a second chance to take a broader look at what makes good business sense and be more aggressive in seeking landing fees and revenues from the companies that land at March.

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DHL Romania increases H1 revenues by 40pct and expects further growth through Cargus

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

DHL Romania increased its turnover by 40pct year-on-year in the first half of 2008, mainly on the growth of the express market in the country. In addition, the company expects further growth after its acquisition of Cargus, the country manager of DHL Romania, Gian Sharp, told the Romanian Newspaper Ziarul Financiar in an interview.

The company’s turnover from domestic delivery services rose by 50pct year-on-year in the first six months of 2008. However, no exact figures were available.

DHL Romania acquired the Romanian express operator Cargus in April 2008 for EUR 50 million (USD 72.59 million). The takeover, which is still pending approval by the domestic competition regulator Competition Council, may be completed by the end of September 2008.

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Integrator stocks fluctuate amid takeover speculation, market slowdown and high oil prices

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

Shares of TNT, UPS, FedEx and DHL parent Deutsche Post World Net have fluctuated dramatically over the last two months due to a mix of factors including takeover speculation, the impact of the economic slowdown and rising oil prices, a CEP-Research analysis showed.
TNT, UPS and FedEx ended August showing increases compared to the end of June after repeated speculation during July and August that UPS and FedEx were each in talks with TNT over a possible acquisition. The reported deals followed the recent economic downturn and rising fuel costs that have hit the demand for package deliveries and led to a revival of merger discussions.
TNT shares were up 13.29pct to EUR 25.50 as of August 29 compared to 26 June.
The two US integrators, FedEx and UPS, have also been impacted by the takeover rumours with their shares rising over the last two months, although other factors such as the US downturn and the strong rise in fuel prices also played major roles in the share performance.
FedEx experienced a moderate share price increase of 5.71pct as of August 29 compared to the end of June.
DPWN shares were negatively impacted during the last two months by rising oil prices and worsening economic conditions as well as by the widespread reports about the restructuring of the DHL Express US business, and political opposition to the planned Wilmington hub closure in particular. The company’s shares dropped by 4.98pct to EUR 15.85 as of August 29 compared to two months previously.

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Strong growth of express cargo volumes at Marseille airport (France)

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

Express cargo volumes at Marseille airport grew strongly by 14.3 pct to 18,000 tonnes in the first six months of the year due to extended operations by express carriers.

Marseille is France’s leading airport after Paris for express cargo with TNT, Chronopost, DHL, TAT Express and Europe Airpost located at the site and FedEx and Ciblex also operating there. The positive development in express cargo volumes at Marseille airport is due to the carriers’ extended operations at the airport.

Overall, Marseille airport handled nearly 12,700 tonnes of freight during the first half of 2008, which is an increase of 7.9 pct compared to the first half of last year. Traditional freight decreased by 15 pct to 3,700 tonnes compared to the first half of 2007.

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Latvijas Pasts to increase tariffs by 30 pct

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

Latvijas Pasts has submitted its new draft tariffs to the Public Utilities Commission, the new tariffs are an average 30 pct higher than the current postal tariffs, Latvijas Pasts Director General Ivars Krauklis said in an interview on the Latvian State Radio today.

Latvijas Pasts is planning to differentiate tariffs for letter and parcel deliveries to legal entities and private individuals: the tariff for centralized letter delivery to legal entities will increase from LVL 0.22 to LVL 0.25, whereas the tariff for private letters and parcels – from LVL 0.22 to LVL 0.35.

Krauklis pointed out that the new tariffs will have little effect on residents, because the number of letters written by private individuals is not large. “It will rather affect businessmen, which form the majority of Latvijas Pasts customers,” Krauklis said, adding that the new tariffs are based on the actual costs of the service.

As reported, Latvijas Pasts turnover reached LVL 44 million last year, whereas losses amounted to LVL 14 million. In the first six months this year, the company managed to reduce the losses more than fivefold. The company hopes to operate without losses in 2009, and with a profit in 2010.

1 US Dollar (USD) = 0.49342 Latvian Lats (LVL)

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FedEx Freight and BP Solar complete second solar power installation (U.S)

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

FedEx Corp. and BP Solar announced the completion and activation of a second project together: a solar system for a FedEx Freight distribution center in Fontana, California. The 269 kW (kilowatt) rooftop solar array utilizes BP Solar modules.

FedEx is committed to integrating the use of renewable technologies into its operations. FedEx Express built and operates a solar-powered hub in Oakland, California, that produces power equivalent to that used by more than 900 homes during the daytime. FedEx will be adding solar to its Cologne, Germany hub when it opens in 2010. FedEx also operates the largest fleet of commercial hybrid trucks in North America, which improve fuel economy by 42 percent, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 30 percent and cut particulate pollution by 96 percent.

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TNT sustains leadership in Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

TNT reached the highest score included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) for the industrial transportation sector and the sector ‘industrial goods and services for the second year in a row. These are the conclusions of a report published today in Zurich by SAM, which assessed the sustainability reporting and performance of over 1,100 companies. TNT reached the overall score of 92 pct out of a possible 100 pct. In addition, TNT got the highest score in each of the three dimensions (Economic, Environmental, and Social) that make up the index.
TNT achieved the best scores (100 pct) in the following areas: customer relationship management, fuel efficiency, codes of conduct/compliance, and risk and crisis management.

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